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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 420 stainless steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 15
8.0 to 43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
210 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 1010
400 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1720
580 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
230 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 620
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 88 to 130
86 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
140 to 1870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 62
21 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 41
20 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.3
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 62
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
66.5 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants